The image was inspired by an amazing figure that Steve Schumacher sculptor did for Sideshow Collectibles, a few years ago. It’s a wonderful sculpture, very powerful and “majestic”. I tried to emphasize this aspect even more in my final illustration.

The main part of the illustration is a graphite handmade drawing. The second step is to adjust it and color it digitally. I use a Wacom Cintiq for this. Finally, I add the background and the final details, also in Photoshop.

I tried to go further with the color. I wanted to get brighter colors, I think I got it, and it’s amazing how these have been kept on the final giclée fine art print. I hope people like it and appreciate it.

Daniel Blázquez

Dani Blázquez is a freelance illustrator based in Salamanca (Spain). He started his career in 2013. He has been involved on international projects in countries like USA, Germany, Australia or Canada.

He combines this commissions with exhibitions for galleries like “Hero Complex” and “Gallery 1988” in Los Angeles, or the “Bottleneck Gallery” in Brooklyn.

His work have been featured on blogs like “Abduzeedo”, “From Up North”, or “Geektyrant” among others. Also in books like “Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art from the Underground” (USA), “Geek-Art. Une Anthologie” (France) or “A/Zeta. Guía al mundo del cine” (Argentina).

Some of his references are related with the pop culture, popular icons (specially from the film industry), and the aesthetics/graphic style of the 80’s/90‘s.

His work is mainly a mixture of traditional graphite drawing and digital color & adjustments.